1 Samuel 17:41:61 Sam.17.41.W6TAB
וְהָאִ֛ישׁ
vehaish
“and the man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ISH
- Extended
- veh-haa-EESH
- IPA
- /vɛhaːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ISH
- clause
ve-ha-ISH no-SE ha-tsi-NA le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-Ye-lekh ha-pe-li-SHTI ho-LEKH ve-ka-REV el-da-VID ve-ha-ISH no-SE ha-tsi-NA le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The phrase wehaish nose hatsinnah {וְהָאִ֛ישׁ נֹשֵׂ֥א הַצִּנָּ֖ה | wə-hā-ʾî-š nō-śē-ʾ ha-ṣṣî-nāh} ‘and the man carrying the shield’ uses stacked participles to depict the shield-bearer’s protective role, while the prepositional phrase lefanav {לְפָנָֽיו | lə-pā-nāw} ‘before him’ defines his position. English present-participial constructions replicate the continuous motion and maintain narrative immediacy.
Root and etymology
א–י–ש
“man”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:41
The Philistine advanced and drew near to David, and the man carrying the shield went ahead of him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:41:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:41, so the Hebrew word וְהָאִ֛ישׁ (vehaish) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.17.41.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.41.W6.S1) and character.